Opinion
June 2, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldman, J.H.O.).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the lien is vacated.
We conclude that Beth Schlossman failed to prove her entitlement to $1,500 in fees on a quantum meruit basis. Schlossman failed to appear at the hearing. An attorney from her firm, with no personal knowledge of the facts, submitted the case file as evidence of value of her services. Assuming, arguendo, that the case file was admissible in evidence, no evidence was submitted of the hours worked on the case and the respondent's hourly rate. Accordingly, the respondent failed to prove the value of her services on a quantum meruit basis (see, Glickson v. Eli Lilly Co., 234 A.D.2d 416; Sparks v. Barry's Plumbing Heating Corp., 230 A.D.2d 606; Ruggiero v. Gross Plumbing Heating, 226 A.D.2d 984).
Bracken, J.P., O'Brien, Santucci, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.